He said at the time that he would have involved several actors to play the lead roles at different periods during Sinatra’s life, naming Al Pacino as an older Sinatra and Robert De Niro as Sinatra’s friend and fellow Rat Packer Dean Martin.
It was reported by Variety last year that Scorsese was planning on reviving his dormant Sinatra biopic, with DiCaprio in the lead role and Jennifer Lawrence playing Ava Gardner, Sinatra’s wife between 1951 and 1957.
There has yet to be a blockbuster biopic made for Sinatra, despite a recent revival of the genre with Elvis (Elvis), Freddie Mercury (Bohemian Rhapsody), Bob Dylan (A Complete Unknown) and Ray Charles (Ray).
The 50-year-old Jury Duty and Hairspray star did not name any particular project, but said he has a dream of emulating “old crooners, like Bobby Darin and Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin”.
However, a biopic may already be in the works – with Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly tipped to play the “Somethin’ Stupid” singer in a rumoured Martin Scorcese film.
